G18 LEGUMINOSJE. 



GYMNOCLA.DUS, Lam. CoFFEE-TnicE. 



Flowers polyp^nio dioecious, tomentose. Calyx narrowly fimiicl-slmped, 

 5-ek'tt. Petals 5. Stamens 10, separate. Style long, e.\serte<l. Legume 

 woody, pulpy witiiin, few-seeded, the seeds large, compressed. — A slender 

 tree, witli tiiick tliornless brandies, very large bipinnatu leaves, and small 

 wliitisii flowers in a.xiliary racemes. 



G. Canadensis, Lam. — Ricli woods, Tennessee, and northward. May. 

 — Leaves 2°-.']° long. Leaflets ovate, tlie lowest pair borne on the connnon 

 petiole, and larger. Legume O'-IO' long, 2' wide, G-S-seeded. 



CffiSALPINIA, L. 



Sepals unequal, united into a cup-shaped base. Petals 5, unequal, clawed. 

 Stamens 10, all fertile, the long filaments ascending, and hairy at the base. 

 Style filiform. Legume unarmed, compressed, wingless, 1- many -seeded. — 

 Trees or shrubs, with abruptly bipinnate leaves, and racemose mostl}' yellow 

 flowers. 



C. pauciflora, Benth. & Hook. Glabrous, armed witli rather stout slipu- 

 lar and stipellate recurved spines; pinnae 2-4 pairs; leaflets 3-5 pairs, 

 obovate, rounded at each end (4"- 5" long) ; racemes simple, loosely few- 

 flowered ; sepals obovate-oblong, little shorter than the yellow corolla and 

 the slightly exserted stamens ; legumes short, short-stipitate, obliquely 

 acuminate, 1 - few-seeded. — Big Pine Key, South Florida (Ourtiss). — A 

 low slirub. 



C Bonduc, Benth. &, Hook. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, obliquely oval, mucro- 

 nate, the stipular thorns 2-3; racemes long, densely flowered ; calyx-lobes 

 downy within, shorter than the long recurved deciduous bracts. (Guilandina, 

 Juss.). — South Florida. — A tall slirub. Leaflets i'-l'long. Hacemes 1° 

 long. Flowers yellow. 



PARKINSONIA, Plum. 



Sepals 5, equal, recurved. Petals 5, ovate, the upper one roundish, long- 

 clawed. Stamens 10. Style filiform. Legume linear-oblong, compressed- 

 moniliform, several-seeded. — A spiny shrub. Leaves pinnate, with the 

 petiole broadly winged, the numerous leaflets small, often deciduous or abor- 

 tive. Flowers showy, yellow, in terminal racemes. 



P. aculeata, L. — Key West, escaped from cultivation. 



DESMANTHUS, Willd. 



D. braehylobus, Benth. Smooth ; stem erect; pinnae 6-14 pairs, each 

 with a minute gland at the base; leaflets numerous, linear; lieads globose; 

 stamens 5; legumes oblong, curved, 4-6 seeded. (Darlingtonia, DC.) — 

 Mississippi (Carpenter), and northward. 



